The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-04-14

EVERY farmer in this county should
regularly receive the bulletins issued
regularly from the Agricultural Expert
ment Station of the University of Wis
consin. They are sent free on application
and contain a great deal of information
invaluable to the farmer. The bulletins
give the result of experiments with crops
and stock on the University farm. The
experiments are conducted by competent
men and the results are truthfully given
as the professors in charge have no rea-
son to falsify the result of the experiments
made by them.
Bulletin No. IL, has this week reached
this office. 1t gives a summary of the
results of experiments with different
kinds of oats, barley, Indian corn, and
potatoes. Different kinds of seed are
sent to the farm for the purpose of test
ing them. Mr. Huebner of the town of
Manitowoc, for instance, has sent varieties
Of oats and potatoes. The report speaks
very plainly of the value of the different
kinds apd when the results justify con-
demnation of a particular variety it is
not withheld.
The year 1886 was an unfavorable one
so far as securing best results was con-
cerned. The rainfall for the months of
May, June and July was less than one
third of the average for these months.
Hence the yield was less than what it
would be under normal circumstances.
Thirty-four varieties of winter wheat
were sown, each on a plat II one-fortieth
of an acre in area. The drouth did not
seem to affect the crop. The best yield
was 40 bushels to the acre, the variety
Champion Amber. From this it runs
down to 81 bushels to the acre, Ostrey.
The report says the farm has grown good
crops of winter wheat for years, though
the spring wheat has been invariably poor.
Twenty-Five varieties of oats were sown
on plats of one-twentieth of an acre each.
81 bushels to the acre. The best Weld
per acre was 6215, variety, Race Horse.
From this it ran down to 81 bushels,
variety, Harris. The Bohemian. which
sells for $40 per bushel, yielded only So
bushels to the acre. The report speaks
rather unfavorably of these Bohemian or
Hulless oats and rather cautions farmers
to avoid them. The station advises farmers
who want to test this grain and who are
asked so per bushel, to write to the
station and the address of seedsmen will
be given from whom the oats can be had
at 50 per bushel.
Seven varieties of barley were sown.
The Melon seems to have done best
yielding 4215 bushels to the acre. The
report intimates that the variety known
as the Manshury appears to be running
out, the most popular for years in Wis
consin.
Twenty varieties of Dent and IA of
Flint were tested. The variety of Dent
corn called the Pride of the North is
declared the best for Wisconsin. The
Winnebago White is pronounced the best
Flint variety for northern Wisconsin.
Farmers are cautioned against purchasing
seed corn from states south of us. The
report says the station never yet had
success with corn brought from the
eastern states or those south of US.
Forty kinds of potatoes were planted.
The report speaks most favorably of the
Thorburn, the Early Ohio the General
Mcclellan, the Early Pearl and the
Empire State.
These reports cannot be condensed in
local paper and retain their value.
Every farmer should send for them. 1t
costs only a letter. The station is sup
ported by the state, farmers are taxed to
sustain it and they should accept the
benefits it offers. The Pilot will gladly
forward the names and addresses of such
farmers as want the reports.